1. Handbook on Planning Methodologies JOINT ACTION HEALTH WORKFORCE Turin, September 18 th and 19 th 2014

2. ADDITIONAL PAPERS TO THE HANDBOOK Validation & processing

3. Additional papers A set of 12 papers where asked to « volunteering » writers: – Victor Slenter & Gerlinde Holweg (Netherlands) – Chris Scotter & Matt Edwards (England ) – Pilar Carbajo & Sebas Martin (Spain ) – Aurélie Somer (Belgium) – Reijo Ailasmaa (Finland ) – Isabella Notarangelo (HOPE) & Marco Landi (Council of European Dentist) – Andres Haahr (Denmark) – Otto Christian Rø, Øyvind Søetorp and Randi Moen Forfang (Norway) – Gustavo Ferreira (Portugal) – Milena Santric Milicevic (Serbia) – Gilles Dussault – Melanie Boeckmann & Heinz Rothgang (University of Bremen)

4. In the annex The papers have three roles: – Refer to document, providing a « story like » example from a specific point of view – Opening perspective on a « out of scope of the minimal handbook » topic but considered as vvery important in a planning system – 2 of them turned out to be fit for integration in the core text Where do these papers take place in the handbook

5. Visualy Introduction & definition section of the handbook Core sections of the handbook Conclusions & next steps Refer to Further perspective Set of 12 papers INTEGRATION

6. Quality ! – The papers proposed must be “peer” reviewed with special attention to their “non scientific” character. – Quality must be available for fitting into the handbook – The readers should be able to draw lessons out of the paper Objective

7. Read The Author reads his/her text Discuss Group discuss Quality & Fitting the scope Usability & Position to refer from in the handbook Write Highlight 5 to 10 keywords Write a 3 to 5 lines summary WORKFLOW

8. GILLES ASSIGNMENT Planning capacity evaluation How to assess the quality and impact (effectiveness) of health workforce planning? To what extent does the effectiveness of health workforce planning depend on technical factors (competencies of planners, quality of data) or on political decision-making? Is it possible to pursue long-term objectives in developing the health workforce? PAPER #1

9. MILENAS ASSIGNMENT HWF Wages Inclusion of wages as a variable affecting the future supply and demand for health workers. How wages determining the supply and demand of workers in the health sector. Wages and their relations with attractiveness of different fields of study and occupations, the choice of practice location, as well as retention rates and retirement patterns. Wages and their relations with the number and mix of health workers that can be employed under any overall or sectorial budget constraints. Any current or future gaps (shortages or surpluses) of different categories of health care providers can also be expected to be mitigated through wage adjustments, but these adjustments are almost never taken into account in the models. PAPER #2